BREAKING: Federal Judge Says White House Counsel Don McGahn Must Obey Congressional Subpoena – By Beth Baumann (Townhall)/ Nov 25 2019
United States District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Monday ruled that White House counsel Dan McGahn must obey Congressional subpoenas and testify in front of House impeachment investigators. Other current and former White House officials defied subpoenas stemming from the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“This Court holds that Executive branch officials are not absolutely immune from compulsory congressional process—no matter how many times the Executive branch has asserted as much over the years—even if the President expressly directs such officials’ non-compliance,” Jackson wrote, according to NPR.
The ruling could impact other current and former administration officials who have argued that they have “absolutely immunity” because of executive privilege.
Jackson disagreed with the claim, the Associated Press reported.
“That is to say, however busy or essential a presidential aide might be, and whatever their proximity to sensitive domestic and national-security projects, the President does not have the power to excuse him or her” from complying with Congressional subpoenas, the judge wrote.
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